FORT WORTH, Texas – American Eagle Airlines reported systemwide traffic for December decreased 6.7 percent from December 2006, on a capacity decrease of 5.6 percent. System load factor was 69.4 percent, down 0.8 points year over year.
American Eagle boarded 1.6 million passengers in December.
AMERICAN EAGLE |
COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY |
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DECEMBER |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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CHANGE |
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PASSENGER MILES (000) |
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SYSTEM |
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671,436 |
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719,497 |
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(6.7) |
% |
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AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES |
623,942 |
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673,925 |
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(7.4) |
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EXECUTIVE AIRLINES |
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47,494 |
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45,572 |
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4.2 |
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SEAT MILES (000) |
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SYSTEM |
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967,729 |
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1,024,624 |
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(5.6) |
% |
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AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES |
884,009 |
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948,189 |
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(6.8) |
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EXECUTIVE AIRLINES |
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83,721 |
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76,435 |
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9.5 |
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LOAD FACTOR |
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SYSTEM |
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69.4 |
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70.2 |
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(0.8) |
pts |
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AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES |
70.6 |
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71.1 |
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(0.5) |
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EXECUTIVE AIRLINES |
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56.7 |
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59.6 |
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(2.9) |
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PASSENGERS BOARDED |
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SYSTEM |
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1,604,734 |
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1,716,282 |
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(6.5) |
% |
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AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES |
1,386,462 |
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1,496,181 |
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(7.3) |
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EXECUTIVE AIRLINES |
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218,272 |
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220,101 |
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(0.8) |
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YEAR-TO-DATE |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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CHANGE |
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PASSENGER MILES (000) |
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SYSTEM |
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8,905,781 |
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8,995,012 |
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(1.0) |
% |
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AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES |
8,341,900 |
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8,421,734 |
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(0.9) |
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EXECUTIVE AIRLINES |
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563,881 |
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573,278 |
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(1.6) |
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SEAT MILES (000) |
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SYSTEM |
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12,133,188 |
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12,214,268 |
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(0.7) |
% |
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AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES |
11,214,431 |
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11,300,883 |
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(0.8) |
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EXECUTIVE AIRLINES |
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918,757 |
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913,385 |
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0.6 |
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LOAD FACTOR |
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SYSTEM |
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73.4 |
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73.6 |
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(0.2) |
pts |
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AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES |
74.4 |
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74.5 |
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(0.1) |
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EXECUTIVE AIRLINES |
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61.4 |
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62.8 |
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(1.4) |
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PASSENGERS BOARDED |
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SYSTEM |
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21,220,199 |
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21,503,588 |
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(1.3) |
% |
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AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES |
18,519,215 |
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18,765,715 |
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(1.3) |
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EXECUTIVE AIRLINES |
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2,700,984 |
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2,737,873 |
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(1.3) |
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